| Evidence: | 'My dearest
I thought to write to you from this place with joy; I write with shame and tears. The enclosed letter, which I found lying for me, has distracted my thoughts from the prospect of our meeting-the brightest in my mind for many months, and fixed them on a part of my own conduct which makes me unworthy ever to see you, or be clasped to your true heart again. I cannot come to you cannot be at peace with myself:... I loved [Edward Irving]' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 19 Jul 1825 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Templand | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Jane Baillie Welsh |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 14 Jul 1825 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Daughter of doctor |
| Religion: | Christian |
| Country of origin: | Scotland |
| Country of experience: | Scotland |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Mrs Montagu |
| Title: | Letter dated 20 July |
| Genre: | Letter |
| Form of Text: | Manuscript: Letter |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 19960 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Jane Baillie Welsh | |
| Editor: | C R Sanders | |
| Title: | The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle | |
| Place of Publication: | Durham, North Carolina | |
| Date of Publication: | 1970 | |
| Vol: | 3 | |
| Page: | 356-7 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Jane Baillie Welsh, C R Sanders (ed.), The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle (Durham, North Carolina, 1970), 3, p. 356-7, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=19960, accessed: 25 April 2024 | |
| Taken from letter from JBW to Thomas Carlyle dated 24 July 1825, written at Templand. Pages 356-357 in this edition. Dates of reading experience based on date of Mrs Montagu's letter (20th July as given in Editor's note) and date of this letter. |
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